Swimming With Horses

A whodunnit on horseback, Swimming with Horses blends equestrian sports, teenage nostalgia, political tensions in new and old South Africa, and a modern take on Canadian identity, all rolled into a taut literary thriller.

This book describes the development of horse behaviour, and the way in which the management of horses today affects their welfare. Horses for sport, companionship and work are considered and ways of improving their welfare by better training and management is described. The book assesses welfare, nutrition, and behaviour problems with horses. The authors include internationally-recognised scientists from Britain, Ireland, USA and Australia.

"Key aspects on the diagnosis and management of lameness caused by muscle, tendon, joint and bone related disorders in sport horses will be presented in this book. Topics included are among others: - Deep digital flexor tendon lesions in the fetlock region: Diagnosis. - Results of the treatment of the causes of distension of the deep digital flexor tendon. - Superficial digital flexor tendonitis: Diagnosis. - Management of superficial digital flexor tendonitis. - Proximal suspensory desmitis in fore- and hindlimbs: Diagnosis. - Management of proximal suspensory desmitis in fore and hindlimbs. - How are tendon injuries tackled in human athletes? - Osteoarthritis & traumatic joint disease: Diagnosis. - Management of osteoarthritis & traumatic joint disease. - How is osteoarthritis & traumatic joint disease managed in human athletes? - Monitoring training and disease of Thoroughbreds in the UK. - Physiotherapeutic options for the prevention and management of skeletal disorder."

Did you know that a miniature horse weighs just a few pounds, while a giant draft horse can weigh well over a ton? Or that from a standstill a mule can jump, kangaroo-like, more than five feet high? With answers to hundreds of questions about behavior, physiology, training, and special breed characteristics, Knowing Horses has all your horse quandaries covered.

Christopher Columbus brought some cattle with him when he discovered the New World, and some of them escaped and ran wild as early as 1493. They ran wild on the Texas plains and multiplied for about four centuries. They were massive herds by the time that Jim and his team of cowboys discovered them and started trail breaking them to herd them north to Abilene. A team of cowboys who were veterans of the Civil War forms up and decides to go to West Texas to gather some wild horses. They do so but notice the massive herds of wild longhorn cattle roaming the range. After saddle breaking the horses, they decide to go round up a herd of wild cattle, trail break them, and drive them to market up at Abilene.

Two experts tap their years of experience to present every aspect of basic training in both English and Western styles -- from psychological principles to dressage, show, and trail training. B & W photographs throughout.